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If great wonders thou desirest

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Author: Julian of Spires

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Translator: James Dominick Ambrose Aylward

Aylward, James Ambrose, born in 1813, at Leeds, and educated at Hinckley, the Dominican Priory of St. Peter, to which a secular college was attached. Particulars touching the stages of his monastic life may be found in the Obituary Notices of the Friar-Preachers, or Dominicans, of the English Province from the year of our Lord 1650. He was ordained in 1836, and assisted in the school, taking the higher classical studies, in 1842. He became head of the school, and continued so till it was discontinued in 1852. At Woodchester he was made successively Lector of Philosophy and Theology and Prior. He died at Hinckley, and was buried in the cloister-yard of Woodchester. His sacred poems have become his principal monument, and of these he contribu… Go to person page >

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First Line: If great wonders thou desirest
Author: Julian of Spires
Translator: James Dominick Ambrose Aylward
Copyright: Public Domain
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Catholic Church Hymnal with Music #128a

Catholic Church Hymnal with Music #128a
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Catholic Church Hymnal with Music #128b

Catholic Church Hymnal with Music #128b

Diocesan Hymnal #d54

Diocesan Hymnal #d54

Hymns used by the Pupils of the Sisters of Notre Dame #d98

Hymns used by the Pupils of the Sisters of Notre Dame #d98

The Ave Maria Hymnal. 2nd rev. ed. #d69

The Ave Maria Hymnal. 2nd rev. ed. #d69

The St. Cecilia Hymnal. 4th ed. #d53

The St. Cecilia Hymnal. 4th ed. #d53
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The St. Gregory Hymnal and Catholic Choir Book. Singers' ed., Melody ed. #100

The St. Gregory Hymnal and Catholic Choir Book. Singers' ed., Melody ed. #100
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